I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. That's all the powers of the President amount to.

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

A man cannot have character unless he lives within a fundamental system of morals that creates character.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

(The AMA is) "just another mean trust."

Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.